Record Details
| NHER Number: | 41026 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Undatable prehistoric, Mesolithic and Early Neolithic worked flints |
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Summary
A shovel test pit survey was undertaken here in 2003. This work took place close to where significant scatters of Mesolithic work flint had been identified during Fenland Project fieldwalking in 1984 (NHER 20991). This survey followed further investigation of the field to the south and was undertaken to test the relationship of the known lithics scatters to the fen-edge/peat margin and the dip slope of the Catsholme promontory. Over 70 worked flints were recovered, suggesting the lithic scatter identified to the south extends northwards and north-westwards, onto the northern dip slope of the ridge. The worked flint assemblage included additional Mesolithic material, as well as a small number of potentially Early Neolithic pieces.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 68859 96732 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL69NE |
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| Parish: | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Spring 2003. Shovel test pit survey.
Test pit survey undertaken close to where significant scatters of Mesolithic worked flint had been identified during the Fenland Project fieldwalking (NHER 20991). This work followed further investigation of the field to the south and was undertaken to test the relationship of the known lithics scatters to the fen-edge/peat margin and the dip slope of the Catsholme promontory. A total of 20 shovel-width test pits were excavated, with 30 litres of soil from each sieved. Just over 70 burnt and worked flints were recovered, these comprising:
25 burnt flints.
9 ?prehistoric flakes.
25 prehistoric flints including 24 flakes and 1 chip.
2 Mesolithic flakes.
3 later Mesolithic flakes (1 burnt).
8 Early Neolithic flints, including 1 notched flake, 6 flakes and 1 ?core or hammerstone.
This work suggests that the lithic scatter previously identified in the north-west corner of the field to the south extends northwards and north-westwards, onto the northern dip slope of the ridge. The composition of the assemblage is similar to that recovered during the more recent fieldwalking at NHER 20991, which identified a notable Early Neolithic component that had not been recognised during the Fenland Project work.
See report (S1) for further details.
J. Allen (NLA), 7 December 2004. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 19 November 2013.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
Associated Finds
- BURNT FLINT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- DEBITAGE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- FLAKE? (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC? to 42 AD?)
- FLAKE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FLAKE (Late Mesolithic - 7000 BC to 4001 BC)
- CORE? (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- FLAKE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
- NOTCHED FLAKE (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: Bond, C. J. 2004. Of Land, Peat and Sky: a shovel test pit survey at Catsholme Farm, Methwold Hythe, Southwest Norfolk, as a method of assessing lithic scatters. No 24 (2003). |
Related records
| 20991 | Related to: Possible Mesolithic occupation site and multi-period prehistoric worked flints, Catsholme ridge (Monument) |